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BARCLONE Rocketry
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Posts: 5,357
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Upcoming January Launches...
From SFN: - Long March 3A • Fengyun 2F
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Xichang, China
A Chinese Long March 3A rocket will launch the Fengyun 2F geostationary weather satellite. [Postponed from Dec. 19]
- Jan. 10 Long March 4B • Ziyuan 3
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Taiyuan, China
A Chinese Long March 4B rocket will launch the Ziyuan 3 high-resolution remote sensing satellite. The mission will also orbit the VesselSat 2 asset-tracking communications satellite for Orbcomm Inc. [Postponed from Dec. 28]
- Jan. 19/20 Delta 4 • WGS 4
Launch window: 0038-0211 GMT on 20th (7:38-9:11 p.m. EST on 19th)
Launch site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
The United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket will launch the fourth Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft, formerly known as the Wideband Gapfiller Satellite. Built by Boeing, this geostationary communications spacecraft will serve U.S. military forces. The rocket will fly in the Medium+ (5,4) configuration with four solid rocket boosters. Delayed from Nov. 17 and Dec. 8. Read our preview story. [Postponed from Nov. 17]
- Jan. 21 Proton • SES 4
Launch time: 1916 GMT (2:16 p.m. EST)
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
An International Launch Services Proton rocket with a Breeze M upper stage will deploy the SES 4 satellite to provide telecommunications services over the Americas, Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Delayed from November. Moved up from Dec. 28. Scrubbed by technical issue on Dec. 26. See our Mission Status Center. [Postponed from Dec. 26]
- January Proton • Sirius FM6
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
An International Launch Services Proton rocket with a Breeze M upper stage will deploy the Sirius FM6 satellite for Sirius XM Radio. [Postponed from Nov. 17]
- Jan. 25 Soyuz • Progress 46P
Launch time: 2311 GMT (6:11 p.m. EST)
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 46th Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station. Delayed from Dec. 27. [Postponed from Dec. 17]
- NO EARLIER THAN Jan. 26 Vega • LARES
Launch window: 1300-1500 GMT (8:00-10:00 a.m. EST)
Launch site: ELA-1, Kourou, French Guiana
The European Vega rocket, designated VV01, will launch of its first flight with the Laser Relativity Satellite, or LARES, a small spacecraft named ALMASat, and nine CubeSat payloads. Delayed from 2010, mid-2011 and October. [Postponed from April 14]
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